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“In only a few volumes Alan Allport has become the historian of Britain at war. This is no light accomplishment, since many very good volumes have already told this story. But I think this one is the best.” ☺️ Paul Kennedy on #AdvanceBritannia in the @wsj.com
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I am sure that Simon Heffer and I could find 10,000 things to disagree about quite easily. But to be fair he has written an evenhanded and actually quite generous review of #AdvanceBritannia for the New Criterion newcriterion.com/article/the-...
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Re-read? Re-buy, surely!
Ok, actual advice: depends how much they remember from v1 and how much they know about the war in general going in, I suppose. There are a few references in #AdvanceBritannia to the things in #BritainatBay but the two volumes are intended to be free standing.
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#AdvanceBritannia is released in North America today. The NYT review says (ahem): “Elegant and unsparing … Allport is a fluid writer, a conjurer with the rare ability to sustain a gripping narrative without resorting to Vaseline-lensed sentimentality.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...
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Every family needs a bare minimum of two copies of #BritainatBay + a brace of #AdvanceBritannia to boot
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So my first copy of the North American (Knopf) edition of #AdvanceBritannia has arrived. On sale January 6. Preorders: bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
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One early reader of #AdvanceBritannia while overall enjoying the book has complained that I never (allegedly) say a single nice thing about Monty. Thought you would appreciate that @normagraham.bsky.social …
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is now available in the UK! North American release January 6. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Publication day in 🇬🇧 #AdvanceBritannia
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The hardback book Advance Britannia by Alan Allport on a background of a blue sky with a few clouds and a blue Profile Books logo in the bottom right hand corner.
#AdvanceBritannia by @alanallport.bsky.social is out today. A definitive account of the Second World War as it was lived, from the battlefields to the ration books.
'There isn't a better history of the Second World War than this' David Edgerton
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Scousers v Windsors: #AdvanceBritannia at #3 in hot new history releases on UK Amazon, just behind Macca.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/new-relea...
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This book is going to be incredible … do read Britain at Bay first if possible … #AdvanceBritannia
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November (Thursday!), preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Great paragraph! Too early to use this as a citation for an essay? Asking for a friend 😉 #AdvanceBritannia
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Max Hastings: “admirably provocative … there is no silly sensationalism in this book, merely sound storytelling and measured judgments.” First review of #AdvanceBritannia, available Thu 6 November.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Enjoyed doing this podcast on #AdvanceBritannia with @historyofthesecondworldwar.com where among other things we decided that the year 1942 is basically too hard to narrate.
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Many thanks to @phillipspobrien.bsky.social @davidedgerton.bsky.social and others for these endorsements! #AdvanceBritannia
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Unboxing! #AdvanceBritannia
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
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Thanks Hugh. The sequel is just weeks away … #AdvanceBritannia
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on November 6. Preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released 6 November 2025 in the UK. Preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Page proofs time … plus slight tweak of subtitle (in UK edition). Out November 6 in Britain and late November in N America. #AdvanceBritannia
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